This blog chronicles my health, fitness, weight loss, and (finally!) weight maintenance adventures. I work out (usually) and follow the Weight Watchers plan (typically). I became a newbie runner (really!) by training using the couch to 5k plan, and soon I plan to train for a 10k (yikes!).
I expect I'll also occasionally ramble on about other life experiences and events. There's more to life than fitness, or so I'm told.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Hasta la pasta

Friends, I'm outta here (for a week, anyway). Time to get some last-minute word done, pack, and go on vacation!

Oh, how I need a vacation.

For those of you who didn't see my added stuff yesterday about my liver MRI test results, I heard from the doctor. There are no definitive answers. They suspect this is a typical not-of-concern hemangioma, but they don't know for sure. Now they're sending me for a Nuclear Medicine Scan. That'll have to happen after I get back from vacation. I'm going to do my best to not think about it until I return, too. I need a vacation from that mess as much as I need a vacation from work!

Although work is kicking my arse right now. I found out there's a big presentation the day after I return. Um, no, I can't have those analyses ready for that meeting, folks.

I can't wait to sit on the beach with my wonderful hubby of 5 years (happy anniversary to us!), relaxing, listening to the ocean, and forgetting about anything and everything stressful. Yay!

Have a wonderful, on-plan, healthy, active, run-like-the-wind kind of week. I'll be back around May 5th or so.

I hope you are having an awesome vacation!!!!!!!! Just a teeny reminder... ;)Today is May 1st, our challenge begins TODAY. Check out the latest post in the Challenge Blog (http://jigglelessexercisechallenge.blogspot.com/2008/05/challenge-for-may-abs-wins.html - add the blog to your reader if you use one). Come on, let's do this! No giving up! :)

Alright, it's May 5th! You said you'd be back around May 5th or so, but I assume you meant you'd be posting by the crack of dawn today, yet we're half way through the day and no post. I was patient enough to give you time off, but enough is enough! :-)

In all seriousness, I hope you and hubby had a grand vacation. It's often hard when it comes to an end. Hopefully the transition back into routine won't be too traumatic.

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About Me

I'm a bit of a smart-ass and I love food. Mmmmmm fooooood ... Because of my food-love I had a few pounds of fat to lose and a few pounds of muscle to gain. I lost weight, and now I'm maintaining my weight loss. I'm maintaining the same way I lost - by following the Weight Watchers eating plan, setting weight and fitness goals, and doing cardio and strength training. This description makes me sound fitness-obsessed, and that's not really the case. I could do with a little more fitness-obsession, actually.

Stats, Goals and Gory Details

Height: 5'6"

Weight Goal: Staying in the low 130's, below 134 pounds.

Goal Reached: March 24, 2008 (that's when I stayed at or below an average of 133 for a 7 day period). I've done it before, too. I originally reached goal in Summer 2003. I gained the damned weight back. I reached goal again in Summer 2006. And I gained some of the weight back.

Other goals: Get fit, get strong, and maintain weight loss once I'm back at goal.